Re: 'for each' statements are only available if source level is 1.5 or greater

On 11/12/2025 17:49, Mark Foley wrote:
> I've upgraded 2 systems from Tomcat 8.5.11 to Tomcat 10.1.13. The first system
> was done a couple of years ago and runs just fine.
> 
> I've just upgraded the 2nd system which is not running just fine. I've been working
> on this for a week. When I run it I get numerous errors related to "source level
> is 1.5 or greater."
> 
> when I run tomcat I get:
> 
> Using CATALINA_HOME:   /srv/tomcat
> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /srv/tomcat/temp
> Using JRE_HOME:        /user/util/src/jdk-17.0.8
> Using CLASSPATH:      /srv/tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/srv/tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
> 
> The libs on the non-running system are basically the same as on the running
> system except some are newer versions.  I can post the differences if that would
> help.
> 
> I've compared the $CATALINA_HOME/conf files between systems and I don't see any
> meaningful differences.
> 
> I've tried changing https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_6_0.xsd to
> https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_5_0.xsd (which is one difference).
> That didn't help.
> 
> I've tried explicitly setting the compilerSourceVM to 11. That didn't help.
> 
> What can I look at to find this problem and fix it?

Please clear out the logs, start the Tomcat instance then provide 
complete error message(s) including any stack traces you get on the 
console / in the logs / in the browser and tell us where you see them.

If there are lots of errors, the first ones are very likely to be the 
most useful.

Mark